Rattan



(NoModL) H". A. MEYER.

MACHINE FOR WORKING RATTAN.

No; 293,343. Patented Feb. 12, 1884.

, Application filed lilay 12,1853. (No model.) Patented in Germany June6, 1882; in Belgium July 5, 1882,

Hungary October 19, 188-3.

' UN T D A PATENT @rricE.

HEINRICH ADOLPH MEYER, oE' HAMBURG, PRUSSIA, cnnrmnr.

MACHINE FoR WORKlN G RATTAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters, Patent No. 293,343, datedFebruary 12, 1884.

To all? whom it may ea/warn.-

Be it known that I, .HEINRIOH ADoLPH MEYER, of Hamburg, in theKingdom ofPrussia, Germany, have invented certain new and,

Figure 1 represents a side view, Fig. ,2 a

cross-section, and Figs. 3, 4, 5,and6 details, of the machine, as willbe hereinafter eX- plained. Figs? and 8 are transverse sectional viewsof the rattan.

fed into and through the machine by rotating feeding-disks C G withhollowed out or grooved peripheries. These rotating disks act inconjunction with stationary pressers c e, to feed the rattan forward.

Direct-1y near each presser e a cutter, s, is placed, that enters thesurface or skin of the cane and cuts off a strip of size and shaperequired ready for use for chair-seats or other purposes. Each knife orcutter is furnished with a double cutting-edge, as shown in Figs. 6, 6,and 6", to separate two strips at same time, and it is kept in a holderor chuck, D, Figs. 3 and at, which allows the strips cut off by theknife to escape through an opening, F, of the chuck. The chuck D isattached to a corresponding presser, e, and can, for the purpose ofadjusting its knife 8 sidewise or in the direction of the axes of thefeedingdisks 0, be turned on bolt 0 by means of an adjusting-screw, i,the: end of which is ballshaped, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and isplaced in a recess of the top end of the holder D. After this adjustmentof the'knife the holder D is secured by a set-screw, 2. (See Figs. 4.and 5.) The thickness of the strip cut off from the cane-rattan isregulated by a screw, h, which allows of lifting or lowering thepressure-foot e of presser e. Presser e is, by means of springs m m,forced against No. 58,390 and in Austriacane A, and moves up and downaccording W strips '0, o, o", and 1;, (see Fig. 7 will be cut off atsame time, after which the cane or rattan is turned ninety degrees andagain passed through the machine, after which four more strips are cutoff, leaving the core or pith, as shown in full lines by Fig. 8 of thedrawings. be'rounded off on machines not forming part of this invention,and only a very small loss of material results from this.

For enabling the knife or cutter to enter into the hard surface or skinof the cane the latter is, by means of small rollerst t, bent down tothe circumference of the feedingrollers O. The small rollers 25 areforced against the rattan by means of adjustable springs P, as isillustrated by the drawings, in one of the rollers t.

By the passage of the rattan tating feeding-disks G G theknives orcutters are enabled to dotheir work more easily, as the strip or stripswill take a rectilinear direction as they are cut off anddelivered,while the body of the rattan will be deflected away from theback of the cutters and caused to follow the curvature of the saidfeeding-disks.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination 0 fthe rotary disk C,having a grooved periphery, thechuck D and its cutter s, the presser e and springs mm, for impelling ittoward said disk, the bolt 0, whereby said chuck is pivoted in saidpresser, and

the screw z, for swinging the chuck D on said.

bolt 0, and thus effecting the lateral adjustinent of the cuttersrelatively to said grooved disk, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination,with the disk. 0, chuck D, cutter s, and presser '0,all arranged and operating substantially as herein described, of

around the ro- This polygon-shaped cane or pith can the movable 13resser f00t e, and the screw 7:, the cutter s, and resser-foot e, andsprings whereby it may be adjusted in the presser e 1?, allsubstantially as herein described. relatively to the cutter s, as setforth.

3. The combination of the disk 0, chuck D, HEINRICH ADOLPH MEYER" cutters, presser e, springs m m, movable presslVitnesses: er-fcot e, rollers tt, for holding the rattan AD. B. EGOLF,

against said disk in rear of and in advance of OASPAR VVALKE.

